Toby Lewis

They are also negotiating with financial sponsors to restructure deals to make them acceptable to buyers in the liquidity-starved loan markets.

The global investment firm is hoping the UK laser eye surgery will grow rapidly over the next five years, as buyout firms look to healthcare as a shelter from the storms brewing in the world economy.

Taking advantage of a lull in criticism of the industry, the BVCA is moving on to the front foot in the debate about the industry’s contribution.

Ernst & Young veteran John Harley has landed a top private equity role and he is looking forward to helping advance the transparency debate surrounding sovereign wealth funds.

The BC Partners-led consortium has pulled off its YTL3.9 billion bid for Migros Türk in the face of strong competition including The Blackstone Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. It is Europe’s largest deal since credit markets seized up.

Compliance with the Walker report has pushed some publicity-shy buyout firms into the spotlight.

Two separate investments from Standard Chartered Private Equity and First Reserve come as energy fundraising reaches record levels.

Sage Holdings, backed by global mid-market buyout firm The Riverside Company, has begun its attempts to consolidate the communications industry.

The Italian buyout firm headed by Claudio Sposito, the former chief executive of Fininvest, Silvio Berlusconi’s holding company, has made its first investment outside Italy.

The Swiss buyout firm restructured cable and wire company Maillefer Extrusion which had suffered from the fall-out in the telecoms industry at the turn of the millennium.